Overview
- Authorities conducted the operation at Isla Córdova within the Tambopata National Reserve in Madre de Dios.
- Under assistant prosecutor Efraín Mendieta Galindo, forces destroyed 12 engines, 12 suction pumps, 65 pulleys, batteries and about 650 gallons of fuel.
- Police environmental units, the illegal mining division, special operations officers, Army personnel and Sernanp rangers carried out the operation together.
- Officials said these surprise interventions will continue in southern Amazon hotspots to curb deforestation and heavy‑metal contamination of rivers.
- Context from recent briefings cites about 270,000 hectares degraded nationwide and roughly US$22.8 billion in suspicious mining‑linked financial flows over the past decade.